Temporary flooring for concrete floors.



J. E. HOD-GET. TEMPORARY FLOORING FOR CONCRETE moonsv APPLICATION FILEENOV.10.1913.

Patented Nov. 24, 1914.

JESSE E. HODGEE, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

TEIJIPOEARY FLOQRING FOB CGNCRETE FLOORS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented N ov. 2d, 1914.

Application filed November 10, 1913. Serial No. 803.031.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JESSE E. Honors, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of Cincinnati, county of Hamilton, and State of Ohio, have invented cer tain newand useful Improvements in Temporary Flooring for Concrete Floors, of which the "following is a specification.

The object of my intention is to make a strong temporary flooring from elements, which are light and easily handled by the workmen.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1' is a perspective view of a temporary i'looring embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of a temporary flooring in the course of construction. Fig. 3 is a detail front elevation of the upper ends of the shores and the ribs or slats supported upon the stringers. Fig. e: is an enlarged sectional view of a slat, cable and staple.

My invention consists in forming a temporary flooring oi a series of parallel slats, which are of light construction, and are spaced at short distances apart, and of light metal sheets covering the slats and forming the support upon which the wet concrete is spread. To facilitate the handling oi the slats, 1 preferably secure them to flexible cables. These cables, with the slats attached. to them, I prefer to in he in about fifteen foot lengths. These are rolled up for transportation to the floor under construction,.

and are then unrolled by the workmen in position upon the stringers. I

Referring to the drawings: 1 will now point out the construction in detail. Slats or ribs A are secured in parallelism to cables B B. The cables may be secured to the slats by means of staples D. The cables are placed at a distance from the ends of the slats. The support for the temporary flooring consists of longitudinal stringers E E, which are supported at a distance apart. less than the length of the slats, by shores G I.

In assembling the parts to form the temporary flooring, a roll of the slats A, connected by the cables B B, is placed with its ends supported upon stringers E E and unrolled, so that the slats lay flat and in parallel relation to each other upon the stringers. A roll composed of slats secured to cables is then placediupon the stringers E E with its slats in staggered relation to the slats upon stringers E E and with the ends of adjacent slats overlapping. roll is then unrolled by the worl-nnen, to bring the slats in fiat and in parallel relation to each other. Then the workmen place upon the slats thin iron sheets H, which form a covering for the slats, and a continuous support tor the wet concrete. The slats may be made light, because they are spaced so closely together, that each must bear only This a small proportion of the entire weight of the floor. The metal sheets H may be made thin. because they are supported at such short intervals by the slats A. The slats being secured to the flexible cables, the op oration of laying the floor, by unrolling the mats of slats and cables, is one which may be performed with great facility, the workmen simply lay the mats successively side by side, with the slats in a mat in staggered relation to the slats in adjacent mats. The interlacing of the ends of slats of one mat with the ends of slats of adjacent mats assist in holding the slats in parallel relation to each other.

The slats being spaced apart and being connected by flexible cables, the construction is capable of adjustment to fit varying sized spaces, without severing the mats. For in.- stance, should the space left between the next to last mat and a wall be shorter than a mat, the slats would be placed closer together by allowing the cables to hang loosely between each slat.

In the drawings, the form of cable illustrated is a chain, but it is obvious that other forms of cables could be used.

v hat I claim is: l

l. A temporary flooring for concrete floors compris'ng a series or"- longitudinal supports, a series of mats, and a series of metal sheets supported by the mats, each mat being composed of slats and the cables, andnieans for securing the cables near the ends of the slats leaving said ends projecting upon each side of the cables. the slats of one mat being arranged with its projecting ends interlacing with the ends of the slats of adjacent mats.

2. A support for concrete floors having a temporary flooring. comprising a series of slats, flexible-cables, and means for securing the slats to the cables.

'3. A. support for concrete floors having a temporary flooring comprising a series of slats, flexible cables connected to the slats, and metal sheets supported by the slats.

4. A support for concrete floors having a subscribed my name this 5th day of Novemtempomry flooring comprising a series of her, 1913.. parallel slats, cables beneath the slats, means for securing the cables to the under sides of 5 the slats, and metal sheets supported by the Witnesses:

slats. \V. THORNTON'BOGERT,

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto WALTER F. MURRAY;

JESSE E. HODG ES. 

